The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-04-14

posted Col. Tuttls GEN. ". 4. L WALLACE.
with the Second, Seventh, Twelfth and
Fourteenth Iowa regiments ON his right,
and Col Sweeney with the Eighth Iowa,
Seventh. Fiftieth, FIfty-second, Fifty
seventh and Fifty-eighth g Illinois Eegiments
right reached the edge of q wide, deep
ravine filled with impenetrable thickets
extending far to his rear and running into
the ravine Of Brier creek. Such was the place
that became famous among the Confederates
as THE Hornets Nest
Tho first assault made was by Gladden,s
brigade; and now begin series of some OF
the most desperate engagements Of the battle.
Gen. GLADDEN. having been MORALLY wounded
N the charge of the early morning, the COM
mand devolved on Col. Adams. The line 10
men are seen confidently advancing through
the dense thickets against tbs unseen Toe.
They are permitted to come well within range,
when suddenly there flashes from 5000 rides
blaze OF fire. The deep notes OF Hicken-
Ioopers guns mingle with the treble OF the
small arms that echoes through the forest, and
the gray canopy Of smoke that rests above the
scene tells where death Is being scattered on
every side. The well known "rebel yelP
rings out as the column presses forward and
the ground is dotted with the wounded and
with fierceness that nothing human can with
stand, and the crippled brigade recoils to the
cover Of the woods. Gen. A p. Stewards COM
mand Of Folks corps is now sent forward,
effort to carry the position, but with no bet
ter success than before. Gen. Gibsons
brigade OF Braggs corps surges in and takes
its place. Again that hurricane OF lead. The
angry balls fly in showers and seem to bear
a death warrant in every deviliSh screech.
An enfilading fire from the battery cuts down
the men by ranks, like swaths Of grass under
the mowers scythe, and. yet Others continue
to step into the path Of death with cheerful
alacrity, it seems, and fall with battle cry
upon their lips Three times has Gibson
charged, and three times been repulsed- Gen.
Bragg now impatiently directs one OF his
staff, Col Lockett, his chief engineer, to ride
forward to q central regiment that has been
driven back, and carry its colors to the
he said. The officer. obeying the order,
dashes through the line Of battle, seiZes
the colors from the color bearer, and exciaims:
to ene WINE se IS saK1nR u the n ooSP
sergeant is shot down. An officer approaches
with bullet hole in each cheek, the blood
streaming from his mouth, and asks: what
are you doing with my coloFs, strF SPm
obeying Gen BragR's orders to hold them
where they are" Let me have them, was
the reply; "if any man carries these colors
Gen Bragg that viii see that these colors
/ are in the right place. But he must attack
this position In flank; we can never carry it
alone from the front" The officer who spoke
stantly riding back to Gen Bragg to empha-
size the previous request made for artillery
by Gen. Gibson, he was met with the stern
answer: %CoL Allen, want no faltering
nowr Stung to the quick, he returned to his
regiment, and once more there was a wild,
hurrying wave OF men rolling up that fatal
slope only to be dashed to death. 1t was
splendid murCieri Col Allen afterward be-
came Governor ALLEN, Of Louisiana. Such
were the kind Of men whom Prentiss and
Wallace fought on that eventful day from o
| in the morning until O'Clock in the after
| noon before one was captured and the other
killed.
Finding that the position could not be car
ried by direct assault, Bragg now determined
on q combined flank movement. First, al
| the guns within reach were brought up and
concentrated ON the one little battery, stand
| ing at the salient point where PrenttSs and
| Wallace Joined, that had reaped such Q
| harvest among the lines Of the enemy. Be-
| fore this terrible fire, Hickenlooper was COM
PEELED to withdraw. By 4:SO O'Clock fight
ing in front of Sherman and McClefnand
having ceased, Gems. Cheatham, Irebue.
| johnson and Russell, seeing that Wallace
could not be approached scross the dense
| thicket filling the great raTine which pro-
| tected his right, felt their way to the plateau
| in his rear, where they met the combined
| forces under Bragg in front Of Hurtbuts
| the two divisions they incicsed them almost
| in a circle; q struggle ensued, but further re-
| sistance was useless, and the brave Wallace
was mortally wounded The Second snd
| Seventh Iowa, led by Col Tuttle. now cut
their way ont and reached PittsbQrg Land
/ Inc. but Prentiss, true to his orders from
/ Gen Grant, firmly remained ut his post, and
| shaving lost everything but honor, sur
rendered his little band. 1t compr1Hed 40
| men And SO ended the famous light in the
i hornets nest"
LAST BLOWS.
II win be remembered that the extreEns
| left Of the national line was protected by
Il ~